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HEALTH: Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports. MORE >>
AFRICA: Drug Subsidy Key to Anti-Malaria Effort By Susan Anyangu NAIROBI - Just three percent of malaria-infected children in Africa get World Health Organisation-recommended drugs. One expert has equated this to a death sentence for sick children. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Baganda Fight for Their Heritage By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom. MORE >>
UGANDA: Palm Project Accused of Environmental Destruction By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - It is a public-private partnership intended to reduce Uganda's dependence on imported vegetable oil while creating sustainable jobs and income for several thousand people. Its critics say it's destroying forests with no regard for environmental regulations. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE-KENYA: Finally, a Windfall for Tea Farmers By Suleiman Mbatiah NAIROBI - Despite the sweltering sun and with a heavy load on her back Mary Muthoni strides to the tea buying centre with joy and pride painted on her face. "This is a different year," she smiles, hurriedly greeting other women farmers at the centre. For them, the story is the same: blessings in times of calamity. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: Give Us Our Constitution By Kelvin Kachingwe LUSAKA - Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizens' views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Colliding with the Fourth Estate By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Charles Odobo Bichachi, editor of the Independent Newspaper has in a span of a year, been summoned to the police several times accused of publishing seditious statements. And just last month, Bichachi fell into trouble again: this time over a cartoon. MORE >>
KENYA : Practical Measures Needed on Teen Sexual Education By Susan Anyangu MOMBASA - Kenyan teenagers are having sex. And they appear to have no clue how to go about it. MORE >>
WATER-UGANDA: Reducing Run-off To Protect Lake Victoria By Pius Sawa* - IPS/IFEJ GGABA, Uganda - The Ggaba landing site on Lake Victoria is the nearest wholesale fish market to the Ugandan capital, Kampala. More than 6,000 people live and work in this fishing community. MORE >>
UGANDA: Rebuilding Home and Hearth By Joshua Kyalimpa PALEMY, Uganda - Dusk gathers in the thickets of Palemy village, in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. Men, women, and children follow foot paths through the dark to the residence of Mzee Otto Yuvani. MORE >>
UGANDA: Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - More than half of Ugandan girls who enrol in grade one drop out before sitting for their primary school-leaving examinations. MORE >>
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